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Powerful Wisdom: Your enlightenment is closer than you think
Are you one of the many people who are searching and searching for true, lasting happiness? Searching for answers. Trying to figure out why some people are so happy, without any effort. Are you always trying to understand your life and purpose?
Are you one of those people who keep on trying new things to find happiness such as positive thinking, raising self-esteem, relaxing activities, exercise, motivational reading, pursuing goals, spirituality, meaningful activities, play in addition to work, choosing to be happy, cultivating gratitude, fostering forgiveness and everything else the experts suggest? But you are still searching?!
You want to change your life, but haven't been able to come up with the answer that will set you free. Each new thing you try, you cling to like a life raft and hope and pray you've finally found the answer. And you want it to be simple and you want immediately, right?
Do you often think that if you just achieve something like a new job, new attitude, new relationship, more free time, or something else, will be the answer. Sometimes the new achievements work out and you're happy for a while, but it never lasts, does it?
Have you ever wondered, that maybe you just won't ever find happiness, that you are born to suffer, that you have bad luck, that you are being punished by God for doing something bad, or anything like this?
And on and on and on you go, searching, but never giving up. You always have that little glimmer of hope. And that is why you are reading this now. Well, now it's time to STOP!
It's ironic that you have had the answer in the palm of your hand the whole time. Look at the palm of your hand. Do you see? When you look at the palm of your hand, you are right here in the present moment. All of your searching for answers was looking toward the future. All negative thoughts or the “baggage” that you carry, are stemming from your past.
But when your mind is focused on your palm, right here and now, you are happy and stress-free. Go ahead, look again and savor the moment. As soon as you start thinking of your problems (past memory) or dreaming of finding happiness (future), unhappiness returns, right? Don't worry, this is not about suppressing those thoughts.
Let's put it to the test right now. Stop reading for a minute and look around or take a short walk, focusing on everything you hear, see and smell and be aware of how stress-free and happy you feel right here, in the moment.
Congratulations! Your search is over! You found the key to happiness. Stress-free, unconditional happiness. I bet you are thinking that it couldn't possibly be that easy. Well, I didn't believe it either, at first. Your rational mind is telling you that it just can't be. And you are probably getting thoughts like, “Nothing is that easy,” or “If it was that easy, everyone would be happy and stress-free,” or, “I wish it was that easy.”
Good news. It is, in fact, the answer you've been looking for. It is the key to happiness. Just by living in the current moment, you are happy and content. It doesn't matter what you have, where you are or what you are doing. It's with you all the time. You are inherently happy and stress-free. Just look at young children playing. They are stress-free and happy, and completely absorbed in the moment.
This doesn't mean that you never have thoughts of the past or future. It means that there are habitual thought patterns that pull you toward the past or future that are making you unhappy and causing you to search for answers, which is the very reason you haven't been able to find it.
Now, think about your happiest memories, or each time that you do one of your favorite activities, and how happy you are. While it's true that they are happy times and doing something you enjoy, the underlying reason is because you are living in the moment.
You already know that when you take your mind off your problems, you escape for a short time. Your mind doesn't know that it can be this way all of the time, like it did for the first few years of your life. As you grew older, your mind was fooled into believing that there is more stress as you get older, or more problems, or more difficult situations. Perhaps, you were told that by an adult, or two or three. It was fooled and that is why there is such confusion and searching for a better way.
The better way must be a way that your mind feels safe with. It must be convinced of that. It must be convinced that it is the answer. It is full of a lifetime of doubts, stemming from past memory or future, negative predictions.
I'm referring to your mind as “it” because it seems to have a mind of its own. It's not what you want, otherwise you wouldn't be looking for an escape. So your task at hand is to change your mind. It is following a certain pattern of behavior and it can be changed by understanding the pattern and creating a new mind that will quickly and easily stop its self-destru...
Are you one of those people who keep on trying new things to find happiness such as positive thinking, raising self-esteem, relaxing activities, exercise, motivational reading, pursuing goals, spirituality, meaningful activities, play in addition to work, choosing to be happy, cultivating gratitude, fostering forgiveness and everything else the experts suggest? But you are still searching?!
You want to change your life, but haven't been able to come up with the answer that will set you free. Each new thing you try, you cling to like a life raft and hope and pray you've finally found the answer. And you want it to be simple and you want immediately, right?
Do you often think that if you just achieve something like a new job, new attitude, new relationship, more free time, or something else, will be the answer. Sometimes the new achievements work out and you're happy for a while, but it never lasts, does it?
Have you ever wondered, that maybe you just won't ever find happiness, that you are born to suffer, that you have bad luck, that you are being punished by God for doing something bad, or anything like this?
And on and on and on you go, searching, but never giving up. You always have that little glimmer of hope. And that is why you are reading this now. Well, now it's time to STOP!
It's ironic that you have had the answer in the palm of your hand the whole time. Look at the palm of your hand. Do you see? When you look at the palm of your hand, you are right here in the present moment. All of your searching for answers was looking toward the future. All negative thoughts or the “baggage” that you carry, are stemming from your past.
But when your mind is focused on your palm, right here and now, you are happy and stress-free. Go ahead, look again and savor the moment. As soon as you start thinking of your problems (past memory) or dreaming of finding happiness (future), unhappiness returns, right? Don't worry, this is not about suppressing those thoughts.
Let's put it to the test right now. Stop reading for a minute and look around or take a short walk, focusing on everything you hear, see and smell and be aware of how stress-free and happy you feel right here, in the moment.
Congratulations! Your search is over! You found the key to happiness. Stress-free, unconditional happiness. I bet you are thinking that it couldn't possibly be that easy. Well, I didn't believe it either, at first. Your rational mind is telling you that it just can't be. And you are probably getting thoughts like, “Nothing is that easy,” or “If it was that easy, everyone would be happy and stress-free,” or, “I wish it was that easy.”
Good news. It is, in fact, the answer you've been looking for. It is the key to happiness. Just by living in the current moment, you are happy and content. It doesn't matter what you have, where you are or what you are doing. It's with you all the time. You are inherently happy and stress-free. Just look at young children playing. They are stress-free and happy, and completely absorbed in the moment.
This doesn't mean that you never have thoughts of the past or future. It means that there are habitual thought patterns that pull you toward the past or future that are making you unhappy and causing you to search for answers, which is the very reason you haven't been able to find it.
Now, think about your happiest memories, or each time that you do one of your favorite activities, and how happy you are. While it's true that they are happy times and doing something you enjoy, the underlying reason is because you are living in the moment.
You already know that when you take your mind off your problems, you escape for a short time. Your mind doesn't know that it can be this way all of the time, like it did for the first few years of your life. As you grew older, your mind was fooled into believing that there is more stress as you get older, or more problems, or more difficult situations. Perhaps, you were told that by an adult, or two or three. It was fooled and that is why there is such confusion and searching for a better way.
The better way must be a way that your mind feels safe with. It must be convinced of that. It must be convinced that it is the answer. It is full of a lifetime of doubts, stemming from past memory or future, negative predictions.
I'm referring to your mind as “it” because it seems to have a mind of its own. It's not what you want, otherwise you wouldn't be looking for an escape. So your task at hand is to change your mind. It is following a certain pattern of behavior and it can be changed by understanding the pattern and creating a new mind that will quickly and easily stop its self-destru...
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172 pages, Paperback
First published June 22, 2013
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About the author
Kurt Arrow
5 books2 followersI am a 55 year old husband, father and grandfather living in Connecticut. I am an Aikido Black Belt Master, and a Personal Success Coach. My inspirational triumph over adversity, which lead to my spiritual enlightenment and new self-help book, Powerful Wisdom, is a true testament to successful perseverance. I have devoted the rest of his life to helping others achieve their own awakening and stress-free, unconditional happiness by applying ancient wisdom to today’s fast paced, highly stressful environment. My new book, Powerful Wisdom lets you experience supreme blissful happiness by the time you are done reading the introduction.
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June 2, 2020
For anyone searching for peace and happiness in there lives, then this book will give you enlightenment!
January 13, 2014
A good primer from a passionate and committed teacher:
Kurt Arrow
Powerful Wisdom: Your Enlightenment Is Closer Than You Think
In "Powerful Wisdom," Kurt Arrow has written a compassionate beginner's guide to enlightenment through cognitive wisdom. By presenting and exploring his paradigm, he gently and confidently offers powerful and effective wisdom with a promise of manifest emotional peace. He explains that after a long journey, he found that peace for himself. Through his writings, one witnesses that he is motivated by a passionate sense of service towards others, as he shows the way.
Written in clear and accessible language, Mr. Arrow encourages thoughtfulness and mindfulness, and his steadfast mantra that, "The key to life is living in the present moment."
This book is recommended for readers who are beginning to explore enlightenment through the voice of a gentle, determined, and passionate mentor and coach.
Kurt Arrow
Powerful Wisdom: Your Enlightenment Is Closer Than You Think
In "Powerful Wisdom," Kurt Arrow has written a compassionate beginner's guide to enlightenment through cognitive wisdom. By presenting and exploring his paradigm, he gently and confidently offers powerful and effective wisdom with a promise of manifest emotional peace. He explains that after a long journey, he found that peace for himself. Through his writings, one witnesses that he is motivated by a passionate sense of service towards others, as he shows the way.
Written in clear and accessible language, Mr. Arrow encourages thoughtfulness and mindfulness, and his steadfast mantra that, "The key to life is living in the present moment."
This book is recommended for readers who are beginning to explore enlightenment through the voice of a gentle, determined, and passionate mentor and coach.
November 27, 2013
This is not another run of the mill self help book. The author works with you as you read the book, to show you how to relieve the stress and worry of the past as well as the future. He gives you principals to change the way you think and to stay in the moment where you will find happiness. I learned a way of thinking that I am implimenting in my life everyday to be able to be free of the stress and worry that weighs us down all the time. This is definetly a book I will keep for my private collection and I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for fulfillment in their life!
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